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Roger Kruse, MD, was awarded the Distinguished Service Award from the Varsity T Hall of Fame from the University of Toledo, according to a Toledo Blade report.

L. Scott Levin, MD, chairman of orthopedic surgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and director of the Penn Hand Transplant Program, was recently elected to the American College of Surgeons Board of Regents.

Blue Belt Technologies has announced it has received FDA clearance for a new orthopedic surgical system, according to a news release.

Precision Spine has announced it has received FDA clearance for a minimally invasive access system, according to a news release.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' quality reporting program for ambulatory surgery centers is in full swing and will continue to evolve in the upcoming year.

A hospital-wide, targeted terminal cleaning program using hydrogen peroxide vapor technology is associated with decreased rates of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, according to a study in American Journal of Infection Control.

Hospitals' patient satisfaction scores are associated with lower readmission rates, while clinical measures had no relationship with readmission rates, according to a report by Press Ganey Associates.

Pain Center of Dallas has announced a partnership with SEO 1 Medical in Dallas, a medical marketing company to enhance the center's visibility on search engines such as Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Joseph Meyer, MD, a pain management specialist and partner at Columbia (Mo.) Interventional Pain Center will be conducting a study that examines patients who have found relief from chronic pain, according a Columbia Daily Tribune report.

Ty Thaiyananthan, MD, founder and head neurosurgeon of BASIC Spine in Orange, Calif., and practice manager Casey Crawford discuss the challenges and opportunities for integrating electronic medical records into a spine practice.